The name Bret has been used for seven
tropical cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Dep ...
s in the
Atlantic Ocean
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Tropical Storm Bret (1981), made landfall in southern Maryland, no real damage
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Tropical Storm Bret (1987), short-lived storm, remained in the eastern Atlantic Ocean
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Tropical Storm Bret (1993)
Tropical Storm Bret was the deadliest natural disaster in Venezuela since the 1967 Caracas earthquake. The third tropical cyclone of 1993 Atlantic hurricane season, Bret formed on August 4 from a westward-moving, African tropical wave. Bret ...
, passed over Venezuela, killing 184
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Hurricane Bret (1999), strong Category 4 hurricane that hit south Texas, although damage was minimized as it hit a sparsely populated area
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Tropical Storm Bret (2005), short-lived storm, made landfall near Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico
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Tropical Storm Bret (2011)
Tropical Storm Bret was the second named storm of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season. Bret formed along the southwestern periphery of a weather front north of the Bahamas on July 17. At first, the storm moved little and gradually strengthened in ...
, strong tropical storm, threatened the Bahamas before turning away
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Tropical Storm Bret (2017), formed southeast of Trinidad and affected portions of the southern Windward Islands and the Paria Peninsula of Venezuela
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